People in ancient Mesopotamia depended on rivers. But rivers sometime moved, imposing stress on communities. Research shows ...

This is her 12th novel and is already hitting bestseller lists. The title will resonate with New Zealanders, since, of late, ...

Researchers have now decoded a Babylonian tablet, which is thought to be the oldest map of the world. It was created between ...

The geographic area we now call Iraq has long sat between empires as a battleground, bridge or frontier ...

Ancient Babylonian world map from a clay tablet, nearly 3,000 years old, reveals a version of the Noah's Ark story and ...

Even after several days here, I couldn’t quite figure out whether Vicksburg was inside or just outside the Mississippi ...

"In the Land of Ninkasi" tells the story of the world's first beer culture.

Discover ancient civilizations with the oldest cities globally, from Damascus to Varanasi, showcasing millennia of human ...

Hammurabi, the sixth king of the First Dynasty of Babylon, is not only remembered for his famous legal code but also for ...

Discoveries of Indus Valley Civilisation sites by John Marshall in 1924 shed light on India's prehistoric past.